News & Updates
View in Suffolk, Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1755 Oil on Canvas, 37 3/4 x 49 3/8 in, Saint Louis Art Museum
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ASECS Selects Management HQ As Association Management Partner
Minneapolis, Minn. – April 29, 2026 – The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is proud to announce its selection of Management HQ (MHQ) to serve as its association management partner, beginning May 2026. “ASECS is a community of scholars who care deeply about the quality of the work we do together, and we needed a management…
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2026 International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) Summer Seminar
“Reforming Religion, Morality and Society in Afro-Eurasia: Intellectualand Cultural Traditions in Motion in the Global Eighteenth Century” View event details in English here. View event details in French here.
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“Eighteenth Century In the Present” Webinar Series
The next installment of the “Eighteenth Century In the Present” webinar series is coming soon. On Friday, June 5, at 4 PM eastern, Michael Meranze will be talking about how we as scholars of the eighteenth century can bring our knowledge and our commitments to higher education to bear in “the struggle against the enclosure…
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Downloading the 2026 Conference Program
The 2026 program is now available in three different formats. You can download a pdf, use the conference app eConference.io, or view it through the website link. The pdf and the app are being updated up to the minute, so check back to make sure you have the most current copy.
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Beyond the Lecture: Engaging the Future of Doctoral Education with ACLS
The ACLS Doctoral Futures Initiative welcomes ASECS members to a set of open, discussion-based conversations about some of the most pressing questions facing doctoral education today. Each townhall is designed not as a lecture or panel, but to facilitate a genuine exchange of ideas. Graduate students, faculty, administrators, and academic professionals are all welcome and encouraged…
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ISECS Conference
The upcoming ISECS Conference on “Reframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and political disputes today”, will take place in Paris on June 10-12 2026. Interested people are welcome to attend the conference even if they are not giving a presentation, preferably by registering with Daniel Fulda (daniel.fulda@germanistik.uni-halle.de). Please note it will be possible to follow the conference online…
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ASECS in the News!
Nonprofit Association of Oregon Member Spotlight: ASECS NAO is excited to spotlight nonprofit members, share their success stories and exciting news, and raise awareness of their cause and the impact these amazing nonprofits make in our communities. This month, we are pleased to highlight the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, located in Corvallis, who has been an NAO member since 2022. More information here: Member Spotlight ASECS
Helpful Resources
Conference Planning
- Lau, Travis and Jason Farr, “Towards a More Accessible Conference Presentation,”MLA Profession, n.d. [ca. 2019].
- Florvil, Tiffany, Alicia E. Ellis, Damani Partridge, Eli Rubin, and Chunjie Zhang. “Why Are We Having Different Experiences? Reflections of the GSA Committee on Institutional Transformation and Social Justice.” German Studies Review 46, no. 1 (2023): 117-122. doi:10.1353/gsr.2023.0006.
- White, Willow, Shelby Johnson, and Katarina O’Briain, “Indigenous Language Guidelines and Resources,” 2024.
Publishing
- AUPresses Subject Area Grid is a free, downloadable spreadsheet that can be sorted by subject or publisher. Prospective authors, researchers, librarians, bibliographers, and publishers have found this to be a valuable reference for discovering publishers that have either an active program acquiring new work in a subject or in-print backlist still available.
- Babyak, Tekla. “Steps Journals Can Take to Support Authors Living with Disabilities,” Interview, Scholastica, n.d. [2023].
Humanities Resources and Advocacy Toolkits
- American Council of Learned Societies. “We are Humanistic.” n.d.
- American Historical Association. “Why Study History? Department Advocacy Toolkit.” n.d.
- American Philosophy Association. “Advocacy Toolkit.” 2019.
- College Art Association. “Guidelines for Addressing Proposed Substantive Changes to an art, Art History or Design Unit or Program at Colleges and Universities.” 2018.
- Modern Language Association. “Toolkit on Academic Freedom.” 2020.
- National Humanities Alliance. “Between Two Bookshelves: How to Advocate for Humanities Departments to Senior Administrators.”
- National Humanities Alliance. “Documenting the Impact of the Humanities Toolkit.” n.d.
- Muir, Scott. “Expanding Access to Undergraduate Education: Models and Strategies.” National Humanities Alliance, 2024.
- National Humanities Alliance. “Study the Humanities Toolkit.” n.d.
- National Humanities Alliance: “Tip Sheet: Working with Communications Officers.“ n.d.